Washboard.



J. A. SUDDERTH.

WASHBOARD.

- APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 20, 1912.

Patented July 9, 1918.

JACOB A. SUDDE-BTH, OF BUFOBD, GEORGIA.

WASHIBOARD.

1 0 all whom it may concern.

Be itknown that I, JACOB A. SUDDERTH, citizen of the United States, residing at Buford, in the county of Gwinnett and Stateof Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washboards, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference generally to that class of inventions .known as laundry and more particularly relates to a ash board.

It 'is the principal aim and object of this invention to provide a device of'the above nature wherein the frame is designed to ef fectively receive and support brushing means and a rubbing surface either of which is capable of being used to advantage during a washing operation in assuring the cleansing of clothes.

As "an additional object this invention contemplates the provision of a wash board wherein the brushing means is constructed so as to retain the corrugated rubbing plate in a substantially rigid position in the frame and at the same time serves to brace the brushing means while the clothes are being moved or rubbed thereover.

Among the other aims and object of this invention may be recited the provision of a device of the character described with a view to compactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the construction simple, the 'cost of production low and the efficiency high. I

Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in detail in the descrip-' tion to follow, which for a clear understanding of the invention should bc'considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed for the purpose of illustration a convenient-and satisfactory embodiment of the invention. It is to be noted inthis connection that-minor changes in'the construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from. the principle of operation of the various parts; p

" The invention isv clearly illustrated in the a mpan draw g, which:

Patented July 9, 1918.

Application filed September 20, 1917. Serial No. 192,356.

Figure l is an elevation looking toward the front face of the improved wash board;

Fig. 2 is an elevation looking toward the other face of the device;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on line 3-3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on line 4-4, Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal, transverse section taken on line 5-5, Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary top plan of the lower bar of the frame; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary plan of the upper bar of the frame.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly to the accompanyingdrawings, there is provided a wash board consisting of a frame embodying the head piece 1 having dove-tailed grooves in the under surface thereof adjacent the respective ends for engagement with the correspondingly shaped upper ends of side rails 2. These side rails are provided on their inner surfaces with opposed vertical grooves 3 which terminate short of the lower ends thereof. A soap supporting board 5 is arranged transversely of the rails and has its respective ends mounted in the opposed grooves 3 while the upper edge of the board is tenoned in the under surface of the head piece 1. An upper cross bar 6 is now employed, the respective ends thereof being reduced as at 7, and anchored in the side rails just beneath the soap supporting board 5. This cross bar is provided on its upper surface with a longitudinally extending groove 8 positioned between the side edges and designed to accommodate the lower edge of the soap supporting board so as to cooperate with the side rails and the head piece in forming soap receptacles on opposite surfaces of the board as is apparent. The under surface of this cross bar is also provided with a longitudinal groove 9 one edge thereofbeing straight as at 10 while the opposite edge is corrugated or serrated as at 11 forming in effect acleat or arcuated recess for a purpose that will presently appear.

' formed .through the cross bar. Likewise in ledges of the longitudinal grooves,andbrushv With a view toward providing the cooperating brushing means andrubbingsurfaces, the transversely corrugated rubbing plate 12 is provided and has its respective side edges arranged in the lower portions of the opposed vertical grooves3-in the rails 2 while the upper edge is also flattened and engaged in the groove 9 adjacent the straight edge 10 thereof. V

The improved. brushing means consists-of P a plurality of bars 13 which are semi-cir-a cular in cross section and from the arcuate surface l l of Which-1 project transverse series. and longitudinal SQBiIB f,,bri shbristles 15 v The upper ends of these bars are inserted in the grooves, so that the arcuate surfaces 14 will contact with the corrugatecl or serrated surfaces 11 of the grooves, while the straight surfaces engage the flattened, upper portion" of the corrugated plate 12 and serve to clamp the said plate inthegrooveQ. ln removably, securing the lower ends of thefbars 13 .and the lowerQedge of t he plate 12in position inthe frame a lower transversegcross 16a is employed. The respective. ends of this 18. One side of this groove is higher than the other and is corrugatedas at .lgforoac i commodating the'lower ends of the bars 13 while the oppositeledge is: straight for receiving' "the lower iflatteneld portion, of the plate 12 which. is also engaged, against the flattened surfaces offbars 13 andxretainedf, by the latter in a substantially rigid position in the groove. .ln lallqwing water -to-.:

drain,through the, lower cross bar.:16 a

Series of vertical drainage openings 20 are allowing water tondrain from the soap re ceptacle' the plate 5. is provided with ahorizontal series of spaced openings, adjacent the upper. cross bar6 .as indicated; t

The mode ofoperation ofthe vpresent in-... vention n ay be, reviewed .as; follows; Assuming) that the parts have been. assembled; in the majnner described-and as indicated-in athe drawings fit ,is to bepappreciated that the rubbing-plate 12. may be convenientlyv used inathe customary manner by rubbing the brush barsact as;. struts orbracesforg preventing saggmg of the vcorrugated plate and m, addit on cooperate with the. upper i and lower cross bars in assuring thexreten- .upperacross bar- .connect ed,betweenzthmside tion ofuthe. said plate inpositionhin the, frame. When the brushingnneans; is used, y it is to bei apparent that the gucornigatedgl plate 12serves ,in a like capacity, that "ofI-ving provided with'a gro care oneedgeiofyahi h i bracing thezbarsli It-is to be appreciated that in' the event, .of breakage of any,one; of j the brush bars theiisamercan {be readily Its-.5 Placed ttle re san gs e e re se being straight and the; other beingserrated,

serve to clampn the plate in positienmand ithereto a; soap supportingeboardi arranged The fact that the bristles radiate from the bars 13 and the fact that the bars are arranged in substantially close relation iWltll vention i could. be made. without departing from the scope thereof, and it is intended that all matter containedin the above- -de;-, :4

scription; or ,shown.--i n the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative 1 and notinalimitedzsensew It is also to;be-;- o understood that the, language used in the followingeclai nsis:intended to cover. all -the Y generic and specific features of the inyenrw' tion herein described and all statements ofsr the scopeof the.invention'zwhich, asa mat- 1 I er of language/ n' ightbe said-tofal'lthere -g5 5 between. Having thus fully described-thisinven- :1

'l3l011, what is claimed asnew. and, desired gtO -1 bar are reduced as at 17 WlHlG- tllG; upper edge 1s provided w th a longitud nal, groove 5 I be secured by; LettersrPatent isa '7 1 Y 1. A device of-jthe character described-includinga.frarne emloodying side rails-41pm m" per andllower cross learsthe. adjia ent faces of the rails beingwprovided. with vertical-q grooves while the adjacent faces ofthe'cross "m; bars are'provided-with longitudinal grooves '95 one edge ofieach of-lthe longitudinal grooves a atransversely corrugatedmubbing plate hill V1 ing its'side edges-{arrangedin :thej vertical 1" grooves and itsvuppen-and lowercportions flattened v and arranged agalnsti'thee straight i means embodying. a plurality; off-{bars arcu- ,ate in cross sectionand a plurality of bristles proj ecting from gthearcuate --surface:- of: the. 1 10 5. barsythefiattened Surfacesofthebajrs be ing arranged against-thefiattened portion :of-

1: t the corrugatedplate-when itheiarcuatelsun 1 faces are engaged against the serrated edgese; of the dongitudin-al gioevesqso-that:theibars;

brace ,the ;plate While-the :plate :in additions-1 h serves.to brace thebars. clothes thereover and during thisloperatlon .1

.JZ A wash boar-d includingiai frameicom ssting- 01 13: head -p1ece,:s1de railsconnected: i

between the side-rails and, the=headz piece;ga-n

rail for retaining I the; soap: beard and) ,coopm erat1ng-,therew1th tfo form soap I' ece taeles, e12 0 the under surface ofjthe upper Zcross arbee' is serrated the side rails being also previded= with opposed vertical grooves5 atransvers'ely m1;

corrugated {rubbing plate :arranged in 213116;:

ve t g eslandvinithe groove inethezupwmt per cross bar, brushing means embodying a with a groove for accommodating the brush plurality of bars, bristles extending from bars and a lower portion of the plate. 10 the bars, the upper ends of the bars being In testimony whereof I affix my signature inserted in the grooves so as to engage the in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

5 serrated edge thereof and clamp the upper JACOB A. SUDDERTH.

portion of the rubbing plate Within the Witnesses: groove, and another cross bar rigidly er- A. J. PIRKLE, ranged between the side mils and provided CARL J. PIRKLE.

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